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speaker john boehner has the least money, between 2 and $6 million. one explanation for the increasing wealth in congress, is that running for office takes so much time and money, it favors wealthy candidates. but there's also evidence that politicians are getting richer while in office. professors at georgia state found that both senators and congressmen did significantly better than the market when they traded stocks. >> they're in a position to do great things for themselves, and there's a lot of evidence in a suggests that that's exactly what they're doing. >> why do you think they're doing so much better than the rest of us? >> i think they're trading out information that we don't have. >> an analysis by the washington post suggests the increasing gap between rich and poor shown in this graph correlates with the increasing polarization of congress. and all of that serves to alienate an already d disillusioned public. >>> when we come back, tricks of the trade to make it through a challenging economy. knowing that i could smoke during the first we
speaker john boehner has the least money, between 2 and $6 million. one explanation for the increasing wealth in congress, is that running for office takes so much time and money, it favors wealthy candidates. but there's also evidence that politicians are getting richer while in office. professors at georgia state found that both senators and congressmen did significantly better than the market when they traded stocks. >> they're in a position to do great things for themselves, and...
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and right now, whether it's president obama, whether it was speaker boehner, the two of them couldn't find a way to get to a deal because they didn't want to look like they were ever caving. and when you get to a point where it looks like you're caving on something, then there is negative political effects. now, that's why they've brought in vice president biden, mitch mcconnell, to try to close this thing. and they may close a deal, but there's no guarantee that even any deal they come to an agreement with tonight will actually make it tomorrow. >> and chuck, this congress has, your honor telling us, the lowest approval rating ever, the least productive. what happens when the next congress comes in later this week? >> reporter: well, the bad news is, if you view this as bad news, more of the same. because even if they get this temporary deal on taxes, temporarily buy down the automatic spending cuts, what they have set up is a series of mini fiscal cliffs, if you will, kate. so every three to six weeks, over the next six months, we could be going through nights like this where we're
and right now, whether it's president obama, whether it was speaker boehner, the two of them couldn't find a way to get to a deal because they didn't want to look like they were ever caving. and when you get to a point where it looks like you're caving on something, then there is negative political effects. now, that's why they've brought in vice president biden, mitch mcconnell, to try to close this thing. and they may close a deal, but there's no guarantee that even any deal they come to an...
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house speaker john boehner says he thinks they will have a solution before the end of the year. >>> and there are new details about the woman, jill kelley, at the center of the scandal that brought down general petraeus. jill kelley's connections went beyond the social elite and tampa, all the way to the white house. >> reporter: their families toured the white house on november 4th, two days before general james clapper, the director of national intelligence was even told about the petraeus scandal. jill kelley mentioned the visit in an e-mail, saying i was at the white house with my friends in the administration this weekend. the stress was surreal. white house officials say the jill kelley sisters were invited by a staffer who may have met at the air force base. jill kelley was bipartisan in her out reach, she and her sister dropped in on a fundraiser for marco rubio two years ago, they did not pay, sources said, just arrived and soon left. in an e-mail last march, jill kelley said she was trying to stop a local jock from carrying out a threat to deep fry the quran, saying i have an
house speaker john boehner says he thinks they will have a solution before the end of the year. >>> and there are new details about the woman, jill kelley, at the center of the scandal that brought down general petraeus. jill kelley's connections went beyond the social elite and tampa, all the way to the white house. >> reporter: their families toured the white house on november 4th, two days before general james clapper, the director of national intelligence was even told about...
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i think speaker boehner laid out 800 billion in revenues the last time they met. the real issue here in my opinion, and i meet republicans and democrats all the time, is how deeply we'll deal with the issue of entitlements and especially the medicare program. to me, that's the key to the discussions, and that is, will the president will willing to really fundamentally change the medicare program. i think he if he is willing to do that, you will see a compromise here. >> i want to just talk briefly about this notion of a two-step measure that speaker boehner ports, a stopgap that will buy a little time to january. can we afford that or can we do this all in one step? >> i'm not a fan of that, look. we all know what the issues are. we've been talking about this for two years. we had two dry runs at it now. i'm not a fan of a two-step process. let's rip the band-aid off and deal with this. i don't like that approach, and my hope is that people would just sit down, we know what the issues are, let's put forth a solution and get this behind us. there will be other even
i think speaker boehner laid out 800 billion in revenues the last time they met. the real issue here in my opinion, and i meet republicans and democrats all the time, is how deeply we'll deal with the issue of entitlements and especially the medicare program. to me, that's the key to the discussions, and that is, will the president will willing to really fundamentally change the medicare program. i think he if he is willing to do that, you will see a compromise here. >> i want to just...
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. >>> house speaker john boehner says he'll make delay of trade agreements his top priority. president obama said the deals with south korea, colombia and panama will support american jobs making it easier for u.s. companies to sell their products overseas. >>> the tsa begins testing a program today that lets some pre-screened frequent fliers pass more easily through airport checkpoints in detroit, miami, atlanta, and dallas ft. worth. the agency says it will also start testing new technology next year to spot fake i.d.s and fake boarding pabss. >>> the recall of california grown row main lettuce is larger than first announced. true leaf farms of salias, california, says the voluntary recall for possible listeria contamination involves about 2,500 cartons shipped to stores, restaurants and cafeterias in 19 states and canada. the initial announcement only mentioned the 90 cases sold in retail stores. >>> let's hope it doesn't get physical but there's a fight brewing over the title of world answer oldest person. a great grandmother in chechnya has a passport listing her age as
. >>> house speaker john boehner says he'll make delay of trade agreements his top priority. president obama said the deals with south korea, colombia and panama will support american jobs making it easier for u.s. companies to sell their products overseas. >>> the tsa begins testing a program today that lets some pre-screened frequent fliers pass more easily through airport checkpoints in detroit, miami, atlanta, and dallas ft. worth. the agency says it will also start...
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now our exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we sat down on tuesday to discuss a wide range of topics, including the state of the economic recovery, and the gop presidential race. mr. speaker, it's good to see you. >> matt, nice to see you. >> it's a busy day in washington, basically across the street from us here, the justices of the supreme court are listening to oral arguments on the president's health reform law. are you monitoring that on an hour by hour basis? do you get reports? do you hear snippets of the arguments? the comments from the justices? >> no. >> no? you don't care. >> i've got a big job here. and you know the court will hear their arguments. the court will make a decision. all i know is that when i talk to employers around my district, they're concerned that obama care is getting in the way of them hiring more people. >> you call it obama care. every time i hear you talk. why don't you call it what you called it when you debated it, the affordable care act. >> i don't know. because everybody calls it obama ca
now our exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we sat down on tuesday to discuss a wide range of topics, including the state of the economic recovery, and the gop presidential race. mr. speaker, it's good to see you. >> matt, nice to see you. >> it's a busy day in washington, basically across the street from us here, the justices of the supreme court are listening to oral arguments on the president's health reform law. are you monitoring that on an hour by hour basis?...
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getting in a room with mitch mcconnell, john boehner and other leaders of congress and saying, we are not leaving here until we get solutions. that's leadership and the president hasn't done it. >> i hate to get into this subject because you're a good dancer and you danced over the presidential thing on the other of whether you would run as a vice president yal candidate to mitt romney, will you tell me now it is out of the question, it will not happen? >> no. no, i won't. no matter how much you want me to. stop, matt. i have said all along i want to be governor of new jersey. if you're a betting guy, bet on me being governor of new jersey after 2012. i think it is rude and wrong to say you wouldn't do something you haven't been asked to do. >> have you had discussions with governor romney about it? >> zero. my job is to help him become president of the united states. i don't want anything in return except for a better country. >> if you can be part of achieving that as a running mate for mitt romney you would do it? >> i could be a better part of doing it by leading new jersey to a r
getting in a room with mitch mcconnell, john boehner and other leaders of congress and saying, we are not leaving here until we get solutions. that's leadership and the president hasn't done it. >> i hate to get into this subject because you're a good dancer and you danced over the presidential thing on the other of whether you would run as a vice president yal candidate to mitt romney, will you tell me now it is out of the question, it will not happen? >> no. no, i won't. no matter...
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. >> john boehner didn't go to an official dinner and i had the same reaction. this is not about the person who's there for four or eight years. this is the office of the presidency. it's just rude not to go. >> how about if you really feel there are situations going on in this country you want to talk about you have the ear of the president. use it as an opportunity -- >> well -- >> just a quick photo op here. >> i have to tell you. you get a minute, i get to chat with you for 30 seconds i'm going to do it. >> it's a team sport not individual. >> what an honor to go to the white house. >> i wouldn't give him another invitation. >> i agree. >> let me end on this one. i love steven tyler. there is a disclaimer right off the bat. i like him. he's a good guy. i have had a lot of fun with him over the years. he was invited to sing the national anthem before the ravens/patriots game over the weekend. here's a clip. ♪ o'er the land of the free [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and the home -- >> i loved it. i loved it. >> you're also still wearing a cocktail dress. >> you
. >> john boehner didn't go to an official dinner and i had the same reaction. this is not about the person who's there for four or eight years. this is the office of the presidency. it's just rude not to go. >> how about if you really feel there are situations going on in this country you want to talk about you have the ear of the president. use it as an opportunity -- >> well -- >> just a quick photo op here. >> i have to tell you. you get a minute, i get to chat...
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and a programming note, tomorrow on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we'll talk to him about the presidential race, hayes jen today in congress, and more. that's tomorrow here on "today" 73 once again here's ann. >> matt, thanks. now to what could be a major breakthrough when it comes to the epidemic of type ii diabetes. two new studies have found that weight loss surgery can revers possibly even cure, the life-threatening disease. dr. nancy synderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> millions suffer from it. many unaware. my own mother had it. what is the toll this disease is taking? >> if you look at the global toll, it's estimated by the year 2030, which is really right around the corner, almost 10% of the global population will have type ii diabetes. it's going to cost a little over $476 billion. that means work days lost, amount of money spent treating it, and if you think about the kind of budget conversations we have in this country, or germany bailing out greece, there isn't enough money in the bank to tak
and a programming note, tomorrow on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with house speaker john boehner. we'll talk to him about the presidential race, hayes jen today in congress, and more. that's tomorrow here on "today" 73 once again here's ann. >> matt, thanks. now to what could be a major breakthrough when it comes to the epidemic of type ii diabetes. two new studies have found that weight loss surgery can revers possibly even cure, the life-threatening...